Country music star Mickey Guyton sat down with BMAC CEO and President Prophet for a one-on-one conversation at the Black Music Action Coalition, in partnership with Billboard presents Act II: A Conversation on “Three Chords and the Real Truth.”
Mickey Guyton:
When this was starting out, I remember approaching my record label and saying, “I've learned to be comfortable being in a room full of people who don't look like me. And now it’s your turn to learn to feel comfortable in a room full of people who don’t look like you.”
Prophet:
Come on, sister! Come on, sister!
Four-time Grammy nominee. TIME's Breakthrough Artist of the Year 2022. His female anthem “Woman,” recently released in honor of women around the world, was an ode to female empowerment. Make some noise about that too!
With “Remember Her Name,” Mickey made history as the first black artist to earn a Grammy nomination for best country album. The title track, “Remember Her Name,” also earned Mickey Grammy nominations for best country song and best country solo performance. This followed Mickey's groundbreaking Grammy nominations as the first Black solo artist to earn recognition in the country category for “Black Like Me.”
“Black Like Me” was named one of the top 10 songs across all genres in 2020 by NPR. Billboard and Associated Press. She also co-hosted the 56th Academy of Country Music Awards on CBS alongside Keith Urban, and was named CMT's 2021 Breakthrough Artist of the Year. Her music has appeared on the covers of Billboardprofiled in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Rolling Stone. Over the past year, she has appeared on American Songwriter, BBC News, CBS, sheri, Sesame StreetHITS, Essence, People. All kinds of shit. Make some noise for the superstar herself, Miss Mickey Guyton.
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